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Breaking News Thu, 29 Jul 2010
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon.
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Pentagon asks FBI to probe leak
| The US defence department has asked the FBI to help investigate the leak of more than 90,000 classified military documents, Robert Gates, the defence secretary, said. | Speaking at a news ... (photo: AP / Kevin Wolf)
Al Jazeera
An Iraqi man holds blood-stained clothes at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.
Baghdad   Defence   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Civil war in Iraq  
Baghdad attacks leave 16 dead
| SIXTEEN people, including nine security force members, were killed and 14 wounded yesterday in a string of attacks in the Iraqi capital's Sunni district of Al-Adhamiyah, the interior ministry s... (photo: AP / Hadi Mizban)
The Australian
** FILE ** In this May 9, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Citigroup Center building in New York. Citigroup Said to Pay $75 Million in Subprime Case
| Citigroup has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it failed to disclose vast holdings of subprime mortgage investments that crippled the bank during the financial crisis, accordi... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer, file) The New York Times
Banking   Investment   Photos   SEC   Wikipedia: Citigroup  
Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors at the site of plane crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan  on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Investigators seek clues to Pakistan air crash
ISLAMABAD ' Pakistan on Thursday observed a day of mourning for the 152 people killed in the country's worst aviation disaster, as rescue workers searched for the aircraft's black box. | Investigators... (photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad) Khaleej Times
Airline   Disasters   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft  
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A striking fuel-tanker driver mans a picket line set up on a highway near Athens, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Greece orders striking lorry drivers back to work
The Greek government has used a rare emergency order to force lorry drivers back to work after a three-day strike. | The drivers have until later on Thursday to return to... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) BBC News
Economic Crisis   Finance   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis  
Animal rights activists hold banners against bullfights as they celebrate Catalonia's parliament decision to ban bullfights on their northeastern region, in Madrid, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Catalonia's bullfight ban provokes emotional response
The Catalan parliament voted to ban bullfighting in an emotional session packed full of deputies, activists and observers, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Barcelona. | ... (photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza) BBC News
Animal Rights   Catalonia   Photos   Sport   Wikipedia: Bullfighting  
People carry an injured victim away from a damaged building after an explosion at a plastic plant in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province, Wednesday July 28, 2010. Accidents Plague China's Workplaces
By JAMES T. AREDDY | Xinhua/ZUMA Press | The site of Wednesday's explosion at a plastics factory in Nanjing, China. The blast killed at least 12. Factories in China are o... (photo: AP) Wall Street Journal
Accident   China   Industry   Photos   Safety  
China's claims that its massive Three Gorges Dam can withstand the worst floods only seen every 10,000 years have lost mileage this week as the dam reached record higher water levers, with more torrential rains and typhoons expected in the country's worst flooding in a decade. Worst floods in a decade in China, 30,000 trapped
| CHI-CHI ZHANG | Associated Press Writer= BEIJING (AP) — Floods caused by heavy rains in northeastern China stranded tens of thousands of residents without power Wedne... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Cheng Min, File) The Guardian
China   Floods   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: China floods  
A metal gate is taped closed Wednesday July 28, 2010, as French police investigate the scene where the corpses of eight newborn babies were found, in Villers-au-Tertre, northern France. Bodies of eight newborn babies found in France
| RUADHÁN Mac CORMAIC in Paris | A FRENCH couple were in custody last night after police found the buried corpses of eight newborn babies in a village in the north of the... (photo: AP / Thibault Vandermersch) Irish Times
Crime   France   Photos   Police   Society  
Skulls from those buried at the killing fields of Choeung Ek are arranged at a memorial Sunday, March 13, 2005, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. On Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, Nuon Chea, the Khmer Rouge's second in command behind Pol Pot, will go before the U.N.-backed genocide tribunal for the first time. Legacy of the killing fields
| ONLY A dozen inmates are believed to have survived the hell that was Phnom Penh's Tuol Sleng. At least 14,000 died in four years from 1975 at the former Chao Ponhea Yat... (photo: AP / David Longstreath) Irish Times
Cambodia   Justice   Khmer Rouge   Photos   Wikipedia: Khmer Rouge  
Phytoplankton bloom in the Baltic Proper, July 3, 2001. The dead sea: Global warming blamed for 40 per cent decline in the ocean's phytoplankton
| The microscopic plants that support all life in the oceans are dying off at a dramatic rate, according to a study that has documented for the first time a disturbing an... (photo: Creative Commons) The Independent
Conservation   Global Warming   Photos   Wikipedia: Phytoplankton   Wildlife  
The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. US hopes for Iran nuclear talks
| The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange fo... (photo: AP / str) Al Jazeera
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
North America Europe
News Flash: This Man Is Not a Knucklehead
Imprisoned Spector returns to music
Olivia Harper and Toni Brandso's favourite things
Deft Surgery for a Painting Under the Scalpel
President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the National Urban League 100th Anniversary Convention in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.
Obama seeks to mend rift with U.S. black community
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Denmark to build new windfarm
European confidence at 2-yr high on exports push
French mother confesses to 8 baby murders
After economic crisis, upbeat corporate reports spark Europe
Demonstrators of the CGIL labor union federation protest against the government's austerity measures, in Rome, Friday, June 25, 2010.
Italy passes austerity measures
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Asia Middle East
US diplomats to pressure China on Iran sanctions
Pakistan 'saddened' by British premier's terror
Relatives search for bodies at site of Islamabad air crash
British PM works to deepen Indian economic ties
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing, Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the Pentagon.
Pentagon asks FBI to probe leak
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Company expands project footprint in Middle East
Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit
US diplomats to pressure China on Iran sanctions
French mother confesses to 8 baby murders
 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he addresses the Palestine Central Council in the West Bank city of Ramallah Wednesday July 18 2007. Abbas said Wednesday he would call early elections, harshly denouncing the Islamic Hamas in speech before
Arabs agree to direct talks, Abbas ‘must decide’
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South America Africa
Iran ready to stop uranium enrichment - report
Avant samba
Weak home market cuts Santander profit 8%
BP to sell Venezuela projects to Russian JV
Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, left, shakes hands with Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an UNASUR meeting in Quito, Thursday July 29, 2010.
South Americans try to end Venezuela-Colombia rift
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 Home Affairs offices 'coped during strike'
 Man apprehended after escaping from custody
 Muthwa seeks new challenges
 Liberians 'haunted by ghosts of history'
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S. African tiger caught after 2 days on the run
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Australia Caribbean
Gruen Nation transfers to poll ratings as ABC scores
Goldenhar syndrome stops Adelaide boy Asher White from eatin
Indiana man on heroin crashes stroller with son inside into
Roadshows roll into Adelaide and Perth
An Iraqi man holds blood-stained clothes at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A bomb planted near a state-run bank killed and injured several people in the eastern Shiite slum of Sadr City police said.
Baghdad attacks leave 16 dead
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Exciting times
Ethics Trial for Rangel Looms as House Panel Details Charges
Diamonds on the chopping block
Cuban ex-hunger striker Farinas home from hospital
During Neptune Response '07, fire fighters pull a victim to safety from a simulated airplane crash, while other personnel proceed to put out the fire.
Air disasters timeline
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